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During the Battle of the Five Armies, Thorin Oakenshield attacked them and while driving off the wargs in that area, could not break through the bodyguards, which means they were literally the ones to kill one of the greatest dwarven warriors and kings of all time. When Beorn came, he scattered them and crushed Bolg. After their king's death, few, if any, survived the remnant of the battle and it's aftermath.[1]

While a type of Orc, the exact breed is unknown. While they might have simply been large Goblins, they were probably originally meant to have been Hobgoblins. Later, when Tolkien came up with the Uruk-hai and apparently abandoned the idea of hobgoblins, they were likely instead meant to have been some of the Mordor Uruks that inhabited Moria.[citation needed]